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0 pointsjiggawatts4y ago0 comments

That's at least two catastrophic errors: Incorrect SAN configuration and missing backups.

PS: I worked at another department where they similarly misconfigured a SAN and made it highly vulnerable to multi-week outages due to even a single failed drive. I insisted they fix it, and my reward for this was seething hatred.

"You're just making us do extra work!"

"It's not a problem right now!"

"We have other priorities!"

Etc...

They literally refused to touch anything that's not on fire. Merely smouldering is "fine".

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hackerfromthefu4y ago

In my opinion this is the real root cause of the gov org dysfunctions - so many workers go there who actively resist change and improvements. They want to be mediocre/lazy at work and don't want anyone showing them up, and they don't want any change because they just want minimum effort for stable income and a pension.

Not everyone maybe it's only 10-20% or whatever, but a higher percentage than in private sector, and the percentage is that high that it ruins the workplace and actively drives good workers away.

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